His son Nate announced the passing of his Dad.
I have 4 decades of sailing and racing with family and friends to thank Geoff for.
I talked to him once, in San Felipe Mexico at the Prindle Mid-Winters in 1981-ish and took this picture of him as he was awarded first place on his P-15 at the regatta.
Visionary Surfer dude, sailboat designer, entrepreneur.
https://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures?g2_itemId=123726
Edited by klozhald on Aug 03, 2023 - 02:21 AM.
RIP
MN3
I wrote this here a couple of years ago in an unrelated discussion:
In the first couple of years that I had the Mystere, I hauled it down to SoCal (behind my '64 Rambler Classic!) - my cousin lived in/around Santa Ana, Newport Beach, etc., and I'd go down and stay for weeks, hang with him and his friends, buy a lot of records, and sail off of Long Beach. One year I'd been bashing around out there for a couple of hours and came in to shore for a break, to fiddle with something, whatever. A few minutes later this guy comes loping down the beach with his hand out, saying "Hey! I'm Geoff Prindle! Never seen one of these boats - what is it? Mind if I have a look around?" He took off his shades, popped one of the hatches, and used them as an inspection mirror to have a peek inside. Hung out and chatted with him for about half an hour, then got back out.
I really appreciate the link to the photo - that's exactly as I remember him 40+ years ago.